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New Jersey’s Maternal Mortality Review Committee started in 1932 when the Medical Society of New Jersey established one of the first maternal mortality reviews in the United States. Between 1999 and 2020, Central Jersey Family Health Consortium oversaw the 26 member committee that met 5 times a year and reviewed all pregnancy-associated deaths. In August 2020, the New Jersey Department of Health relaunched the MMRC in compliance with P.L. 2019 C.075. The 24 member multidisciplinary committee meets monthly to review all pregnancy-associated death cases and completes the MMRIA committee decision form. In 2016-2018, our state had 304,803 live births and 125 pregnancy-associated deaths, of which 44 were pregnancy-related. The NJ MMRC's overall goal is to review all pregnancy-associated deaths, identify contributing factors, develop actionable recommendations and interventions to reduce maternal mortality, analyze maternal mortality trends, and publish public reports in collaboration with the New Jersey Maternal Care Quality Collaborative, our statewide maternal health taskforce.

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Contacts
Primary
Name
Renee Kraus
Credentials
MPH, BSN, RN
Title
Project Manager, Maternal Mortality Review Committee
Affiliation
New Jersey Department of Health
MMRC Role
Coordinator
Project Manager
Email
renee.kraus@doh.nj.gov
Phone
609-954-2484
Secondary
Name
Adwoa Nantwi
Credentials
MPH
Title
MCH Epidemiologist, Maternal Mortality Review Committee
Affiliation
New Jersey Department of Health
MMRC Role
Epidemiologist/Data Analyst
Email
adwoa.nantwi@doh.nj.gov
Phone
609-475-2874
Sources of Funding
ERASE MM
Yes
STATE MATERNAL HEALTH INNOVATION
Yes
TITLE V MCH SERVICES BLOCK GRANT
Yes
STATE BUDGET
Yes
Scope of cases reviewed
All pregnancy-associated deaths (All deaths of women while pregnant or within one year of the end of pregnancy, due to any cause)
Individuals, Disciplines, and Organizations Represented on Review
Organizations Core Disciplines Specialty Disciplines
Behavioral Health Agencies
Federally Qualified Health Centers
FIMR/CDR Programs
Homeless Services
Hospitals/Hospital Association
Private and Public Insurers
Professional Assoc. State Chapters
State Medicaid Agency
State Medical Society
State Title V Program
Anesthesiology
Family Medicine
Forensic Pathology
Maternal Fetal Medicine/Perinatology
Nurse Midwifery
Obstetrics and Gynecology
Patient/Family Advocate
Perinatal Nursing
Psychiatry
Public Health
Social Work
Addiction Counseling
Emergency Response
Epidemiology
Home Nursing
Mental Health Provider
Public Health Nursing
Quality/Risk Management

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New Jersey Maternal Mortality Report 2016-2018
New Jersey Department of Health
2022
Maternal mortality remains at the forefront of public health initiatives nationally and in New Jersey. New Jersey trends mirror and outpace national statistics as a state with one of the highest disparities in maternal mortality ratios between White, NH and Black, NH women (AHR, 2021). In New Jersey, Black, NH women experience a pregnancy-related maternal mortality ratio nearly seven times that of their White, NH counterparts, whereas nationwide, Black, NH women are three to four times more likely than White, NH women to experience pregnancy-related mortality (Howell, 2018). To address increasing rates of maternal mortality, as well as the racial gap in deaths, continued focus on maternal mortality as a public health priority is required
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New Jersey MMRC CME Form
New Jersey Department of Health
2016
Form to complete to receive continuing medical education credits for participation in the New Jersey MMRC.
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New Jersey Maternal Mortality Report, 2014-2016
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Data Brief: Maternal Mortality in New Jersey, 2014-2016
2021
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New Jersey Trends in Maternal Mortality: 2009-2013
New Jersey Department of Health
2016
The Trends in Maternal Mortality report provides an overview and comparisons of 2009-2013 pregnancy-related death data and not pregnancy-related death data and long-term trends for New Jersey between the years 1999 and 2013. Distributions of deaths are shown by race/ethnicity, age, BMI, the timing of death, delivery outcome, and mode of delivery, the cause of death and other factors. The New Jersey Maternal Mortality Case Review Team (CRT) identified a total of 225 maternal deaths. Of the 225 pregnancy associated deaths, CRT determined 78 (34.7 percent) were pregnancy-related, 129 (57.3 percent) were not pregnancy-related, and 18 (8 percent) were undetermined.
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